A federal appeals court panel has upheld Michigan’s ban on transporting voters to the polls, overturning a Detroit federal district judge in the latest decision from a suit filed last year by a Democratic group seeking to invalidate the law. The voter-transportation law, which was challenged by the Priorities USA super […]
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Michigan ban on paid voter transportation reinstated by federal court
A federal appeals court reinstated a Michigan state law banning paid transportation to bring voters to the polls this week, siding with the Republican-majority legislature. In an Oct. 21 2-1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit overturned a lower court’s decision to suspend enforcement of the […]
Report: New Mexico relaxes ban on bike shops
SANTA FE, N.M. (BRAIN) — A local news source is reporting that New Mexico officials have relented and are now allowing bikes shops to operate, under stringent rules, during the state’s COVID-19 response. The state was one of the few remaining in the country where bike service was not allowed to continue […]